Clever! Raven loves winning tic-tac-toe.

"Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Friday evening, Trump said: "We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion and $5bn probably sometime next week." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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1. This platform is full ofposts (primarily from U.S. citizens) about wanting 'healthcare paid for with taxes'. The desire is good and just, but the claimed mechanism is false. It simply plays into neoliberal narratives. How so? See below:

An absolute farce. I have no love for Tim Davie, but the claims about 'making it appear Trump was inciting the Capitol riots' is a joke. He DID do that! Also other stuff about BBC Arabic's 'biased' coverage of Israel-Palestine. The bias was the other way around! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Across Australia, the effects of childcare industry privatisation are clear: higher costs, lower quality, and growing mistrust. Once a public service is privatised, oversight becomes optional.” socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/childcare-in...

You know you love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Vj...

How many books have you read more than once? Name a few.

Dubious nature of the 'Crown Estate'. The article claims Charles 'owns' it, but that it's not his private property. Also makes the nonsensical claim the govt uses 'profits' from it, when govt makes no 'profits' from anything designated in 'pounds sterling'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Okay, the thing that caught my eye was that she rents out the house for £3,200 a month! The scandal thing is old now, they're all bent or incompetent or fecking landlords. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This type of thing seems to happen a lot: edition.cnn.com/2025/10/17/i...

Using tariffs to pressure people not to vote for climate measures... www.bbc.com/news/article...

With a little luck he'll alienate the military:

Story is here: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Always Israel's best friend, no matter what... www.bbc.com/news/article...

The official bullshit from King Chas, 'commending': "...the president's "personal commitment to finding solutions to some of the world's most intractable conflicts". Ridiculous big-eared bastard. www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...

I chucked my job as a butler in a mansion. I didn’t like being spoken to in that particular manor.

McCarthy, but with a troop of brownshirts. Nasty man.

"Before I die in that old people's home, I would rather go to a meadow and enter eternity that way," said Sister Bernadette. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Deary me... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Does anybody else remember this or IS IT JUST ME?

The right is looking for pretexts to call Kirk their Franz Ferdinand, and open fire. The Atlantic tried to give them such a pretext this week, when Mike Solana tried to coin “The Luigi Left.” But there is no Luigi Left open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

"Mr van der Sleesen [not in the photo], who voted for Trump last year, is no fan of the president's tariffs, which have driven up his costs some 15% this year." www.bbc.com/news/article...

New on MMT101: MMT Basics: National Debt – Defined and Explained mmt101.substack.com/p/mmt-basics...

Quels gouvernements ont fait quelque chose pour arrêter ces criminels ? www.rfi.fr/fr/moyen-ori...

Next: Dept of Truth... www.bbc.com/news/article...

In the case of Clinton this is factually false. As much as people don;t like to hear it Clinton's 'surpluses' (i.e. restricting spending) caused a downturn by 2000 and led to Bush's tax cuts, the Republican form of fiscal policy. Which helped the rich. Democrats are also clueless economically.

BBC needing arithmetic lessons... apparently 1957 was 52 years ago.

Truth.

Anyone else noted the passing of Andy Arobieke, aka 'Purple Aki'? Anyone who lived in the north of England in the 80s and '90s will know what I mean.

This never gets old. She was such a great drummer. youtu.be/o82d9T4D-8I

They are totally bonded street dogs. Angelina Jolie has been critically ill in the vets. Bob missed her so much he stopped eating 3 days ago. Today was a very special day for them ♥️

Peu importe ce que vous pensez de l’Iran, ils savent très bien comment fonctionne la politique étrangère américaine (et européenne). "Nos problèmes sont insolubles. Les Américains veulent que l'Iran soit sous leurs ordres." www.rfi.fr/fr/moyen-ori...

Who will take action against Israel for crimes against humanity? The world seems to be standing by and letting a massive crime unfold while watching.

Says a lot about anyone that uses this for support of their position:

Note how the news sites keep reporting malnutrition deaths and then: 'according to Hamas-run health ministry...' rather than just 'Palestinian health-ministry'. As though it's a reason to doubt it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

From BBC: "UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire and other conditions" 'Unless'? It is now just a sanction policy tool? Unbelieveable.

"There is "real starvation" in Gaza, Donald Trump has said, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted there was no such thing." As these 'leaders' dick about in fantasyland, people die in the real world. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Those of us who are disgusted and appalled by this grotesque exercise in extermination struggle to respond in a manner that would make a difference. www.commondreams.org/opinion/end-...

The dam has burst

This is happening not only under the eyes of the world, but in the case of some govts under their watch and support. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Le Parlement israélien appelle à annexer la Cisjordanie occupée

"The British establishment is creating a climate of fear about protesting in any meaningful way against Israel’s oppression of Palestinians." consortiumnews.com/2025/07/18/j...

No doubt that's true and that the number who are beyond the propaganda is a smaller. What can they do when the weight of of propaganda tips the balance away from them? This is going to be a long process.